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Gaming Partners International Corporation has secured a major contract to supply RFID chips to the new Rio and Grand Waldo casinos to be opened early next year by Galaxy Resorts in Macau.

International News Brief: Singapore has imposed a stiff minimum bet of almost $1 billion on casino operators vying to play in the island state

International News Brief: Pokhara's first casino is opening at Phulbari Resort and Spa with aim of attracting more tourists for gambling delights in the country's major tourism destination which has been suffering steep decline in tourist arrivals lately.

International News Brief: After two delays, Singapore said it will launch the formal requests for proposals for a casino resort at Marina Bay near the city center on Nov. 15, with a submission deadline of March 29, 2006.

International News Brief: Singapore said companies competing for the right to build the country's first casinos will pay a fixed price for land, a move aimed at averting a bidding war that would sap funds available for developing the projects.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. reports that Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts will manage two hotels inside a 39-floor building being built by Las Vegas Sands on the Cotai Strip in Macau.

International News Brief: Singapore’s National Council on Problem Gambling will be forming a panel to assess exclusion order towards the end of 2007.

International News Brief: The Chinese Communist Party's gambling taboo may be slipping, but analyst Kelvin Tan of Las Vegas Sands believes Beijing will continue to draw the line at table games.

International News Brief: Malaysia's government will sharply raise from January 2006 the annual license fees for operators of pool betting companies and the country's only casino, industry sources said Friday.

Singapore-based conference and exhibition organizer Conference & Exhibition Management Services Pte Ltd. has joined Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. and Keppel Land in their effort to develop integrated resorts in the Republic of Singapore.

Visa restrictions imposed by the federal government are preventing Chinese airlines from committing to nonstop flights between China and Las Vegas.

The international successes of Hong Kong racehorses and racehorse owners are now to be complemented by an award that will acknowledge achievements in thoroughbred breeding.

International News Brief: The draft of Singapore's casino control bill has a clause which may make it difficult for one company or joint venture to win the bid for both sites.

International News Brief: A Thai-Japanese joint venture report a 10-year, 135-billion-baht development plan to build a floating Phuket Bay International City.

nternational News Brief: Harrah’s Entertainment and Keppel Land have turned to the Centre Pompidou of Paris to boost the cultural quotient of their integrated Singapore resort proposal.

International News Brief: There will be no 50 per cent cap on casino revenue for the integrated resorts.

International News Brief: Gaming receipts for Macau's casinos reached 2.8 billion USD for the first six months of the year, government figures showed, setting the territory on course for a year of record gambling turnover.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. signed an agreement with the city of Zhuhai to master plan a 1,300-acre parcel with nongaming attractions, such as resort villas, golf courses and a marina.

International News Brief: The Singapore government has released the Casino Control Bill released on Monday for public discussion.

International News Brief: A Casino Control Bill has been drafted to regulate the casino gaming industry in Singapore.